What is 'LSE'? | Freetrade Dictionary

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

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Conventional gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).

Venture Capital

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.

Total Return

This is the measurement of a fund’s performance in a specific period.

Ponzi Scheme

A form of fraud designed to lure new investors, and pays the earlier backers by using the new investors' money.

NYSE

The world's largest stock exchange. Wall St HQ.

Rate of Return

Profit on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the investment.

Leverage

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.

Net Income (NI)

The money a firm is left with from sales after subtracting taxes and different business costs.

Balance sheet

A summary of a company's finances, including its assets, liabilities and shareholder equity.

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